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Goffe is a surname, and may refer to: * John Goffe, Colonial American soldier * Lloyd Goffe (1913–1984), motorcycle speedway rider * Rusty Goffe, British dwarf entertainer * Stephen Goffe * Thomas Goffe, Jacobean dramatist * William Goffe, English Regicide See also * Goff Goff is a surname with several distinct origins, mainly Germanic, Celtic, Jewish, and French. It is the 946th most common family name in the United States. When the surname originates from England it is derived from an occupational name from G ... * Gough (other) {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Goffe
John Goffe (March 25, 1701 – October 20, 1786) was a soldier in colonial America. His name is preserved in the name of Goffstown, New Hampshire and the Goffe's Falls neighborhood of Manchester, New Hampshire. Biography Goffe was the son of John Goffe, the town clerk of Londonderry, New Hampshire, and Hannah Parrish of what is now Nashua, New Hampshire. His grandfather, also named John Goffe, emigrated to New England in 1662 or 1663. Goffe was born in Boston in 1701 and baptized in the Old North Church under the ministry of Increase Mather. As a young man, he was a hunter and trapper in the woods of New Hampshire. He married Hannah Griggs of Roxbury, Massachusetts, on October 16, 1722, with whom he had a family of eight daughters and one son. Service in the Colonial Wars On April 16, 1725, Goffe was with Captain John Lovewell on his third and final expedition against the Abenaki during Dummer's War. He was left with a small garrison at a fort built at Ossipee before Lovew ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lloyd Goffe
Kenneth Lloyd Goffe (30 January 1913 Addison J. (1948). ''The People Speedway Guide''. Odhams Press Limited – 18 October 1984) was a British motorcycle speedway rider. Career Goffe began his racing career in 1934 at the sand track in the resort of California near Wokingham, riding for prize money.Storey, Basil (1947) "From an Office Stool to Cinders", in ''Speedway Favourites'', Sport-in-Print, p. 5May, Cyril (1963) "Riders I Remember: Fighting 'Cowboy'", ''Speedway Star'', 30 November 1963, p. 14 He then concentrated on grasstrack racing, winning the South of England Grass Track Championship at Basingstoke in 1936. He bought a 500cc Rudge bike from "Froggy" French in 1936, which he used in his early speedway rides, impressing sufficiently to receive offers from both Hackney Wick Wolves and the Johnny Hoskins-managed West Ham Hammers, signing for the latter in 1937. He had a brief spell with the Leicester Hounds team, riding in three matches in 1937 before the club withdrew from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rusty Goffe
Rusty Goffe (born 30 October 1948) is an English actor, best known for his appearances in ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'', '' Star Wars Episode IV - A New Hope'', and the ''Harry Potter'' franchise. Early life Goffe was born on 30 October 1948 in Herne Bay, Kent. He attended Sturry Secondary Modern School. Career Goffe appeared as an Oompa-Loompa in the 1971 version of ''Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory'' and as a Jawa in '' Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope'', among a few other aliens. He also appeared in the films ''Willow'' and ''Flash Gordon''. He played Le Muff in the film ''History of the World Part I'' and also played Goober, a purple gremlin butler in the CBBC children's sketch show ''Stupid!'' In 2002, Goffe played the lead role in ''A Kitten for Hitler'', a film created by Ken Russell with the intention of making something as offensive as possible. Goffe played a Jewish child who is made into a lamp by Hitler. He is also notable for being the face of Gin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Goffe
Stephen Goffe, C.O. (Gough) (b. 1605; d. at Paris, Christmas Day, 1681), was a Royalist agent of the Wars of the Three Kingdoms, and later an Oratorian priest. Life Goffe was educated at Merton College, Oxford, becoming M.A. in 1627. He took orders and became chaplain to Colonel Vere's regiment in the Low Countries. Subsequently, Henry Jermyn, 1st Earl of St Albans obtained Goffe's appointment as one of the chaplains to Charles I of England, in which capacity he was created D.D. in 1636. He was often employed in secret negotiations in France, Flanders, and Holland. He was rector of Herstmonceaux from 1639. During the Civil War Goffe was arrested and charged with attempting to rescue the king, then a prisoner at Hampton Court. After the execution of the king (whose death-warrant was signed by Stephen's brother William), he went to France, where he became a Catholic. Dodd and other Catholics have disproved the story that the Sorbonne admitted the validity of his Anglican order ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Goffe
Thomas Goffe (1591–1629) was a minor Jacobean dramatist. Life Thomas Goffe was born in Essex in 1591. He first studied at Westminster School where he had the status of a Queen's Scholar. Goffe received a scholarship on 3 November 1609 to attend Christ Church, Oxford. Here he received his bachelor of arts (B.A.) on 17 June 1613 and continued to get his master of arts (M.A.), on 20 June 1616. While involved with acting and writing plays at Christ Church, Goffe continued school. On 3 July 1623, he acquired his bachelor of divinity and became licensed to preach shortly after on 11 July 1623."Goffe or Gough, Thomas." ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' 8 (1917): 70–71. Goffe was asked to be a rector of the church in East Clandon, Surrey after receiving his B.D., an offer worth about eight pounds a year.(1) However, Goffe began delivering Latin orations and writing poems in tribute to Sir Thomas Bodley and Queen Anne of Denmark as well as to the dean of Christ Church, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Goffe
Major-General William Goffe, in or before 1618 to , was an English religious radical and soldier who fought for Parliament in the Wars of the Three Kingdoms and served in the New Model Army. A close associate and supporter of Oliver Cromwell, he held a number of senior military and political positions under the Commonwealth, and approved the Execution of Charles I in January 1649. He lost most of his political influence when Richard Cromwell resigned as Lord Protector in 1659. After the 1660 Stuart Restoration, Goffe was exempted from the Indemnity and Oblivion Act as a regicide, and escaped to New England with his father-in-law and fellow regicide General Edward Whalley. The rest of his life was spent in hiding and there are few details of his activities; it was once suggested he was the Angel of Hadley, a figure who allegedly helped repulse an attack on the town in 1675 by Native Americans, but this is disputed on various grounds. He is thought to have died around 1679, p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goff
Goff is a surname with several distinct origins, mainly Germanic, Celtic, Jewish, and French. It is the 946th most common family name in the United States. When the surname originates from England it is derived from an occupational name from German, Welsh, Cornish and Breton. The German ''Goff'' means a godly person, a strong warrior, or a priest. The Welsh ''gof'' and the Breton ''goff'' means "smith" ( cognate with Irish ''gobha''). The English-originating surname is common in East Anglia, where it is of Breton origin. The Welsh name is a variant of the surname Gough, and is derived from a nickname for someone with red hair. The native Irish name is derived from a patronymic form of the Gaelic personal name Eochaidh/Eachaidh, which means "horseman". Notable people * Barbara Goff, classics professor * Bruce Goff, architect * Darius Goff (1809–1891), industrialist and businessman * Frederick R. Goff (1916–1982), librarian * Greg Goff, American college baseball coach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
